to end in tears: it'll end in tears!¡luego vendrán los llantos!;¡al final acabaráis llorando!;acabará mal;it was a marriage destined to end in tearsera un matrimonio que estaba condenado a acabar mal

Keegan's brief flirtation with Newcastle and management looks increasingly certain to end in tearsBubba got himself involved in a relationship with a foreigner that was destined to end in tearsher glittering judo career ended in tears and disappointment last night

to be moved to tearsllorar de la emoción

I was moved to tears by their generositylloré de la emoción por la generosidad que mostraron

there was not a person in the audience that was not moved to tears

to reduce sb to tearshacerle llorar a algn

she would taunt and berate him until he was reduced to tearsaggressive journalists have reduced her to tears more than oncehis daughter remembered having been reduced to tears when, as a very small girl sailing with him off Campobello, she had been too slow in carrying out his barked commands

she didn't shed a single tearno derramó ni una sola lágrima

nobody is going to shed a tear over thatnadie se va a disgustar por eso

to wipe away one's tearssecarse las lágrimas

to bore sb to tearsaburrir soberanamente a algn

I was bored to tearsme aburrí soberanamente or como una ostra (informal)

rest is the only cure for a muscle tearhe suffered a hamstring tear while playing rugbyHe will have keyhole surgery on a tear in the cartilageLike skin cuts, a muscle tear will leave a scar after healingtears in connective tissuestears of the tissue occur during childbirth

the antelope was torn to pieces by the lionslos leones descuartizaron el antílope;to tear sb to pieces or bitsdescuartizar a algn;poner a algn por los suelos

No, I'm certain Andreyev wouldn't go for that option. /His colleagues would tear him to pieces/she tore his argument to pieces bits shredshe tore the letters into small pieceshe started screaming and tore the chart to shredshe'll tear your ideas to shredsthe reason that a candidate won't come out and say they are going to raise taxes is because they know the other party is going to tear them to shredsto tear one's haira lack of initiative at local factories has him tearing his hairI wanted to tear him limb from limb

he tore a muscle in his thighse desgarró un músculo del muslo;torn ligamentsrotura (f) de ligamentos

I've been injured on court. /I have torn ligaments//a torn ligament/ kept him out of Saturday's gameThe most common cause of back pain is torn ligamentshe fell over and tore the skin from his kneescanine teeth are for piercing and killing prey and tearing flesh

3(pull, remove)

he tore the shelf away from the wall with his bare handsarrancó el estante de la pared con sus propias manos

they used their bare hands to tear away hundreds of tons of rock to reach the men buried beneath it

to tear o.s. freeorloosesoltarse

Lauren tore herself free of Reggie's restraining gripJohn's tore himself loose, then got down on his knees

to tear sth from/off stharrancar algo de algo

he tore a page from or out of his notebookarrancó una hoja del bloc de notas;she tried to tear the book from my handsintentó arrancarme el libro de las manos;the wind tore the roof off a buildingel viento arrancó (de cuajo) el tejado de un edificio

he was torn from his seatshe tore a page from the back of a writing padheavy winds tore branches off the treesMary Ann tore the edge off her napkin

to tear sb off a strip(Britain)poner a algn de vuelta y media (informal)

Nora was tearing a strip off the maid for not cleaning the kitchen properlyThere is no point in ringing David up and tearing him off a stripwhen the police arrived to tear him off a strip he apologised for all the trouble he'd caused themshe tore him off a strip for arriving late

4

having to make a decision like that can tear you in twotomar una decisión así puede ser una experiencia desgarradora

to [be] torn by sth

he was torn by his emotionsestaba desgarrado por las emociones;a country torn by warun país desgarrado por la guerra;she is torn between her job and her familyse debate entre su trabajo y su familia;she was torn between the two men in her lifeno se decidía entre los dos hombres que formaban parte de su vida

he would be torn in two if he had to make the decisionyou might feel torn between pursuing a career opportunity and supporting a partnerI'm very much tornto be torn between two things/peopleshe was torn between her pride and her desire to see him again

he tore at the earth with his bare handsthe dog tore at his face and arms

she managed to tear freeorlooselogró soltarse

the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowthIt is thought one pin may have failed, causing an engine to tear free of its mountingsthe engine tore free of its mountingsto tear into sb >a bullet tore into her flesh

an explosion tore through the buildinguna explosión sacudió el edificio

The air was thick with the sound of bullets tearing through flesh and bonesa fire tore through the factoryshe tore through the yard on her bicyclepain tore through her bodya wave of pain tore through his chest as he tried to to stand up

the family had been torn apart by the divorceel divorcio había desgarrado a la familia;it tears me apart to know you're unhappyme desgarra el corazón saber que no eres feliz

the dispute was tearing the company apartthe war has torn families apartI feel torn apartnaturally, for some parents, relations are strained, but it should still be possible to prevent their child from feeling torn aparthis life was torn apart by the death of his sondon't think it hasn't torn me apart to be away from youconflicting loyalties were tearing her apart

4(criticize)[+idea, theory]echar por tierra

what if the film critics tore the commercials apart in front of the media?

to tear sb away from sth/sbif you want to tear the children away from the TV for an hour or so, you could buy them a bookhe stared as if hypnotized, unable to tear his eyes awayI stared at that man, couldn't tear my eyes awayI couldn't tear myself awayshe could hardly bear to tear herself away (from him)

I couldn't tear myself away from the partyit was difficult to tear ourselves away

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb

(at speed)salir embalado;salir a toda velocidad

when he saw me, he turned round and tore away up the streeta black hatchback was seen tearing away from the scene

tear down

transitive verb

[+building, statue]derribar;[+poster, flag]arrancar

angry protesters tore down the statue in the squarethe authorities tore down the postersI imagine they'll be tearing the building down sooner or laterthe poster was quickly torn down by the university authorities

he tore out a page and handed it to herhe tore out the application form and sent it intear some pages out of the back of the bookI tore out the cheque and passed it to the assistantthe dog was trying to tear out his throatshe then tried to tear my hair out by the roots

to tear sb's eyes outsacar los ojos a algn

I'll tear her eyes out if I find she's been messing around with my husband

diggers tore up the roads in preparation for resurfacingthe road is being torn up and a new one laiddozens of miles of railway track have been torn up\the company tore up miles of forest land\ to make way for the new road

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